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WebCTRL edits applied to .equipment file?

When you make "on-line" edits to logic points in WebCTRL, is there a way to migrate the changes back to the .equipment file?

I think that the answer is no, but I figure it won't hurt too much to ask....

I have a .equipment file with 115 points in it, and I had modbus addressing errors in there. There's no global search/replace functionality in LogicBuilder (that I know of), and it's a real pain to change the addressing point by point in the .equipment file. But, in WebCTRL, there is global search/replace functionality, which let me fix all of my points. I tested my changes in WebCTRL, but then went and edited my points one by one in LogicBuilder. After I actually remembered to "Reset to Defaults", after reloading the control program, all was well.

Sure would be nice if there was a way to migrate those WebCTRL changes back to the .equipment file. (Or a way to do global search/replace in LogicBuilder)

You are correct in your answer. There is no way to edit the equipment file from within WebCTRL. I think this is more of a fail safe feature so when someone changes a few too many things you can reset it back to day one.

Although i have developed a few tools for logicbuilder, 1 of which is a find replace to save me time.

Do you know if there is a version of eikon that will run on a 64bit windows 7 pc?

No I don't. I can also tell you that it is especially picky about the video card driver inside a virtual machine. I had to browse some of the nastier sides of the internet to find a decent Windows 98 VMware image that it worked OK in. the ones I made myself with legitimate media just didn't work. you'll know when you have that problem because it has problems making the fb.

Once I have edited a .eik file and repacked it into an .fb I then converted it to a.equipment file and copied the files into the /m68 and /programs directories, however it does not update the view on the WebCNTRL interface. Any suggestions?